Method and system to securely distribute content via a network
First Claim
1. A method to distribute content via a network, the method including:
- receiving content at a content distributor from a content provider; and
at the content distributor, performing an operation relating to the content, wherein the content provider provides authorization to the content distributor to perform the operation, and wherein the authorization is specific to the content distributor.
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Abstract
A method and system to distribute content via a network commences when content is received at a content distributor from a content provider. At the content distributor, an operation relating to the content is performed. The content provider provides authorization to the content distributor to perform the operation, and the authorization is specific to the content distributor. The operation may be performed within a secure environment implemented at the content distributor, and may comprise an association operation to associate the content with a content consumer. In an exemplary embodiment, the association operation comprises a watermarking operation to watermark the content as content distributed specifically to the content consumer. In a further exemplary embodiment, the association operation comprises an encryption operation to encrypt the content utilizing a key associated with, and communicated to, the content consumer.
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54 Claims
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1. A method to distribute content via a network, the method including:
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receiving content at a content distributor from a content provider; and
at the content distributor, performing an operation relating to the content, wherein the content provider provides authorization to the content distributor to perform the operation, and wherein the authorization is specific to the content distributor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system to distribute content via a network, the system including:
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a content provider to provide content; and
a content distributor, coupled to the content provider via the network, to receive the content from the content provider and to perform an operation relating to the content, wherein the content provider is to provide authorization to the content distributor to perform the operation, and wherein the authorization is specific to the content distributor. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A system to distribute content via a network, the system including:
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content provider means, to provide content; and
content distributor means, coupled to the content provider means via the network, to receive the content from the content provider means and to perform an operation relating to the content, wherein the content provider means is to provide authorization to the content distributor means to perform the operation, and wherein the authorization is specific to the content distributor means.
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54. A machine-readable medium storing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method to distribute content via a network, the method including:
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receiving content at a content distributor from a content provider; and
at the content distributor, performing an operation relating to the content, wherein the content provider provides authorization to the content distributor to perform the operation, and wherein the authorization is specific to the content distributor.
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